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I'm probably not paying attention over the years but what is spindle reaming?What happens in the course of spindle reaming?Do I need to run out and buy a reamer??? :)  :confused:

How do I know once things are reamed?

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They're talking about when you buy some aftermarket a-arms that either have straight shank or different taper shank ball joints, that wont work with the stock ball joint taper in the steering knuckles.

 

You have to ream them out with a provided reamer to match so they will work.

 

On a tapered reamer, its easy to fuck up because if you go too deep, thats it.

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From some info I was fed, on the older aftermarket a-arms ball joints were limited to what was available which would fit a Honda spindle but not a Yamaha. Hondas taper is the same as Yamahas just bigger. You would just run a taperered reamer into the yamaha spindle til it was big enough to fit the ball joint stud. With the new ball joints out there available you no longer need to modify your spindles to fit aftermarket ball joints. There is more to ball joints that I do know if you are in the market for a-arms that I would share.

If anyone wants to correct my info feel free I wasn't in the atv world during the reaming days.

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Sounds like something I'd like to avoid.Time is starting to be a factor now.The first hillclimb climb of the year is in late March.

Right now I'm looking to buy the whole ball of wax in one shot,2+1 arms,+2 SS brake lines,line clamps/holders.I just want the front end done.Great info,I almost juped and bought a set earlier without prior knowledge.

Now I know everything about banshees!!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Thanks.

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